{"product_id":"9781805331469-goose-of-hermogenes","title":"Goose of Hermogenes","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An extraordinary book. Part Gothic fantasy, part emblematic progress through a dream world. It has a gripping hallucinogenic clarity' - Snoo Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA trancelike feminist fable by Britain's foremost surrealist painter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCalcination. Putrefaction. Exaltation. Trapped on an enchanted island ruled by her uncle, a young woman must pass through the stages of alchemical transformation to escape. He wants to conquer death by magic - and she may pay the price for his ambition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLushly visual, rife with symbols and cries from the unconscious, Colquhoun's first novel is a surreal feminist fable, and a supreme artistic vision.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncludes 'Hexentanz', a lost chapter from the original manuscript.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a new introduction by Jennifer Higgie, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Other Side: A Journey Into Women, Art and the Spirit World\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIthell Colquhoun (1906-1988) was born in British India and brought up in the United Kingdom. She studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and started exhibiting her paintings in the 1930s, gaining some renown as one of the few women associated with British Surrealism. She began visiting Cornwall during the Second World War, and eventually moved there, continuing to write, paint, and pursue the study of the occult until her death. As well as her novel \u003ci\u003eGoose of Hermogenes\u003c\/i\u003e, she is the author of two travelogues, \u003ci\u003eThe Living Stones: Cornwall\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Crying of the Wind: Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e, both forthcoming from Pushkin Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55186288247158,"sku":"9781805331469","price":7.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41161919_7e63c834-74df-4237-ab1c-b224c10376bf.jpg?v=1778128166","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781805331469-goose-of-hermogenes","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}